Journal article
On making energy demand and network constraints compatible in the last mile of the power grid
I Mareels, J De Hoog, D Thomas, M Brazil, T Alpcan, D Jayasuriya, V Müenzel, L Xia, RR Kolluri
Annual Reviews in Control | PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD | Published : 2014
Abstract
In the classical electricity grid power demand is nearly instantaneously matched by power supply. In this paradigm, the changes in power demand in a low voltage distribution grid are essentially nothing but a disturbance that is compensated for by control at the generators. The disadvantage of this methodology is that it necessarily leads to a transmission and distribution network that must cater for peak demand. So-called smart meters and smart grid technologies provide an opportunity to change this paradigm by using demand side energy storage to moderate instantaneous power demand so as to facilitate the supply-demand match within network limitations. A receding horizon model predictive co..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This paper is based on a plenary presentation by the first author as part of the IFAC Symposium for Large Scale and Complex Systems, Shanghai, China, 2013. The authors would like to thank Better Place Australia, Senergy Australia, SP AusNet, and United Energy for the opportunity to work together on addressing some of the current issues in managing the electricity grid. Much of this work was sponsored through the Australian Research Council, under a Linkage Project involving both Better Place Australia and Senergy Australia.